Definition of Point in time

1. Noun. An instant of time. "At that point I had to leave"


Definition of Point in time

1. Noun. A moment (of time). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Point In Time

point bar
point bars
point blank
point break
point cloud
point clouds
point deletion
point duty
point epidemic
point function
point functions
point group
point groups
point guard
point guards
point in time
point jam
point lace
point man
point men
point mutation
point mutations
point of accumulation
point of apoapsis
point of articulation
point of contact
point of departure
point of elbow

Literary usage of Point in time

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1971 Biographers use it: At this point in time—1890—Independence was by no ... point in time is, frankly, the long way round; you can use it if you want it ..."

2. Prevention of Mental Disorders, Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Children and edited by David Shaffer (1996)
"The child's outcome at some point in time (Cn) is neither a function of the initial state of the child (Ci) nor the initial state of the environment (Ei), ..."

3. Intersectoral Factor Mobility and Agricultural Growth by Yair Mundlak (1979)
"at any given point in time is predetermined by historical events.54 Factors move between sectors, but this movement takes time; the rate of factor mobility ..."

4. University of Toronto Studies by University of Toronto (1900)
"Thus there is a characteristic belonging to every point in time, which distinguishes it as past in relation to the present moment, and makes this present ..."

5. The Good Roads Year Book by American Highway Association (1916)
"Then in order to compare sums of money due at different times, they must be referred to the same point in time. Formula (5) gives the principal P which will ..."

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